Washing-machine



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'WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 29, 1884.

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NITED STATES PATENT Frio-s.,

LABS CHRISTIANSEN, OF COUNCIL 'BLUFFS, IOVi/IA.v

'WASHiNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 292,734, dated January29,` 1.887..V

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Be it known that I, LARs OHRIsTIANsEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to that class of washing-machines in which a rotarymotion is given to the clothes in a tub to rub them against stationaryrubbers; and its object is to provide means whereby clothes may be Welland quickly washed without rubbing by hand.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts forming a washing-machine, hereinafter-described and claimed,referencebeing had to the accom# panying drawings, inV which- Figure 1is a transverse` vertical section, part in elevation. Fig. 2 is a planview of the interior of the machine with the lid removed; and Fig. 3 isa horizontal section and plan View at plane x w, Fig. l.

A is the tub,irmly secured upon a bench, B. The tub is provided with acover, in which is a hinged lid, a. The front edge of the tub b risesabove the general level of the top C, and has side boards, c, extendingacross the front board, C, of the top, forming a guard to protect theoperator from being wet in taking clothes from the .tub and whilearranging clothes in the tub.

D D represent bristle brushes, whose bodies. are secured radially to theinner face of the tub-bottom, their bristles projecting upward.

d d are similar brushes, secured at their backs vertically to the innersides of the tub, and E is a cylindrical brush surrounding the central'vertical shaft, c.` This shaft is provided with a tubular bearing, f,in the tub, surrounded by brush E, high enough to prevent water fromescaping through the shaft-hole.

F F are two or more arms,secured upon the shaft e by means of a hub, G,to revolve therewith; and g represents a vertical pin in each arm nearits outer end, on which portions of the clothes may be wound. Theclothes to be washed are secured to these arms by being looped or woundthereon and revolved,there 5o by rubbing against the brushesD d E towash the clothes. The hub G, to the lower- :face of which the arms F aresecured, is secured near its upper end to the shaft e, but is hollowedout around the shaft to turn freely around the Vto holdthe cover down.The cover is centrally perforated by a hole shaped like the hub andcross-bar to pass down over them, and is pro vided with annular wedges jon its upper face, which pass beneath the ends of arms J when partiallyrotated, and thus wedge said cover downward, clamping the clothes uponthe arms F, and revolving therewith. The lower end of shaft c isprovided with an elongated pinion, 7c, engaging a`toothed segment K, bywhich it is revolved. Thissegment is provided with a lever, L, having avertical offset, by which its handle l is elevated to a heightconvenient to the hand of the operator. The handle, be-

ing oscillated in a horizontal plane, oscillates the segment K,which,being much larger than the pinion k, turns it a complete revolution rstone way, then the other.

To prevent the water slopping out,the lid a will be closed and buttoneddown. A spout, m, is provided to discharge the waste water, and thebrush-backs are cut away in the corner of the tub to allowthe water torun and be wholly drawn out.

What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent,is#- 1. A snds box or tub having a series of brushes whosebodies aresecured radially to the tubbottom and whose bristles stand vertically,another series of brushes whose bodies are secured vertically to .thesides of the tub and whose bristles stand radially,toward center, a hubfixed permanently to stand in the center of the tub, having` a series of.brushes secured to' its'circumference, whose bristles `stand radiallytherefrom, in combination with a vertical shaft revolving in the centerof the tub, radial IOO arms secured to said shaft withinV the tub, a Y

cover and means for holding it upon said arms, whereby portions ofclothes may be held between said cover and arms, and the remainingportions of the clothes rubbed against the stationary brushes described,by rotating the arms, as spccied.

2. The co1nbination,\vith the tub, the shaft e therein, the hub G onsaid shaft, and the arms F and J, attached to said hub, of theperforated cover i, provided with the annular Wedges j, as described,whereby clothes may be held and rotated, as described.

3. The combination ,with the tub and rotary toothed gear-segment K,having the upward` bent arm L secured to it, and the handle I on saidarm, as and for the purpose speciiied.

LABS CHRISTIANSEN.

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FEEDRIK PETERSON, SREN PETER GHL.

